A final progress report and photo for 2019.

The Builders are now on their Christmas break, but last week the internal fit-out continued, with the Electrician and Plumber first-fixes done, the studding complete and all ready in the New Year to start the plasterboarding and ceiling. At present, a builder’s completion date is looking like the end of January, with further work such as painting to be carried out by Shed members.

Progress as at Monday 23rd December 2019

Thank you to all who have contributed in so many ways since the decision back in late 2017 to consolidate the Banchory Men’s Shed at the Legion, with organisation, fundraising, publicity, building and fit-out works of various sorts.  2020 will finally see the opening of the Banchory shed and we wait to see how the shed goes forward with the various activities discussed over the years. Great times are ahead, and we are starting to look at what we do for an official opening ceremony.

We also wish our nearest neighbours well – Stonehaven who opened their fantastic facility earlier this year, and Aboyne who are now also well on with their build.

We wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a great New Year – especially if you come along to the Shed!

Progress is looking good at about 70%.  This week:

• The ramp in the workshop (Phase 1) has been removed
• The corridor walls have been rendered
• The front wall has been built up in readiness for the window frames
• The timber framing and insulation is well on
• The plumber has run pipe (first fix) and will connect up on his next visit
• Electrician has run much cabling (first fix) to be completed when plaster boarding has been installed

Next week the joiner will continue with framing, insulation and then commence with the plaster boarding.

Couple of photos from this morning

Hiding an awful lot of previous work, the concrete floor is now down…

Hmm, seems like a nice pair of goalposts…

Overall progress is approximately 60%.  This week has seen:

• Completion of backfilling of the foundations
• Installation of the underfloor insulation and concrete floor
• Complete the foundations for the front fittings

Next week the builder will render the passage wall  to match the Legion and commence timber framing of the inside and installing insulation.

More very visible progress.  The floor is well under way

The Phase 2 build continues on track. Quite a visible difference this week due to the wall. The work completed was as follows:

• The walls were completed to ceiling level
• The foundations were back-filled ready for under-floor insulation and floor
• The drain is in for the sink
• The door opening between the social area and the “Phase 1” Workshop is broken through and initially boarded up

Next week we expect to see the foundations completed for the front fittings, the  underfloor insulation installed and the floor concreted, plus the start of the timber framing